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I do similarly, although for a different reason - for bicycle locks, my impression is that thieves almost never try to pick them - it's just much easier to brea

I do similarly, although for a different reason - for bicycle locks, my impression is that thieves almost never try to pick them - it's just much easier to break them with wire/bolt cutters, portable angle grinders or jacks.

Finnucane 5y ago
I figure with bike locks, the best you get is relative security--somebody else's bike is going to be an easier target.
- LorenPechtel 5y ago
  This is generally what physical security comes down to--making it impossible is simply not feasible. All you can reasonably do is make your stuff harder to get than somebody else's.
  - Gigachad 5y ago
    Location is more important than lock choice IMO. I have my bike stored inside my apartment. Its virtually impossible to steal. If you always keep your bike inside, its pretty safe. But even a good lock is pretty pointless if you leave it accessible to the street overnight.
legitster 5y ago
It's pretty telling that he regularly eviscerates bike locks, but then he once showed his own bike lock was rather cheap. And his reasoning was that he doesn't take his nice bike out, and he would rather they destroy a cheap lock than an expensive one.
- allo37 5y ago
  The video I saw from him recommended the Kryptonite Evolution 4 chain lock (was there a different one?). It's still quite a beast of a lock with a 10mm chain and weighs over 6lbs (standard size, the mini is lighter). Maybe not the strongest bicycle lock in existence, but still leaps and bounds ahead of many of the lower-end ones...
Sohcahtoa82 5y ago
Yup. For me, my bike is mainly used for exercise, not transportation. I'll lock it to the bike rack at the local food cart pod when I'm getting a bite to eat, and that's about it. And yet I still spend nearly $100 on a Kryptonite Evolution lock with an absolutely monstrous chain. The lock + chain weighs I think 15 lbs, IIRC. It's absolutely overkill. But it means an angle grinder and several very noisy minutes would be required to steal my bike while my back was turned, rather than a quick snip with bolt cutters. On the other hand, the bike parked next to mine, with the cheap Masterlock that can be raked open, connected to a $5 cable that can be snipped with Harbor Freight Chineseum wire cutters...that bike could probably be stolen without anybody around even noticing.

Finnucane 5y ago

I figure with bike locks, the best you get is relative security--somebody else's bike is going to be an easier target.

LorenPechtel 5y ago
This is generally what physical security comes down to--making it impossible is simply not feasible. All you can reasonably do is make your stuff harder to get than somebody else's.
- Gigachad 5y ago
  Location is more important than lock choice IMO. I have my bike stored inside my apartment. Its virtually impossible to steal. If you always keep your bike inside, its pretty safe. But even a good lock is pretty pointless if you leave it accessible to the street overnight.

legitster 5y ago

It's pretty telling that he regularly eviscerates bike locks, but then he once showed his own bike lock was rather cheap. And his reasoning was that he doesn't take his nice bike out, and he would rather they destroy a cheap lock than an expensive one.

allo37 5y ago
The video I saw from him recommended the Kryptonite Evolution 4 chain lock (was there a different one?). It's still quite a beast of a lock with a 10mm chain and weighs over 6lbs (standard size, the mini is lighter). Maybe not the strongest bicycle lock in existence, but still leaps and bounds ahead of many of the lower-end ones...

Sohcahtoa82 5y ago

Yup. For me, my bike is mainly used for exercise, not transportation. I'll lock it to the bike rack at the local food cart pod when I'm getting a bite to eat, and that's about it. And yet I still spend nearly $100 on a Kryptonite Evolution lock with an absolutely monstrous chain. The lock + chain weighs I think 15 lbs, IIRC. It's absolutely overkill. But it means an angle grinder and several very noisy minutes would be required to steal my bike while my back was turned, rather than a quick snip with bolt cutters. On the other hand, the bike parked next to mine, with the cheap Masterlock that can be raked open, connected to a $5 cable that can be snipped with Harbor Freight Chineseum wire cutters...that bike could probably be stolen without anybody around even noticing.